Re: [microsound] Cage's random processes

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i wouldnt recommend cage's own writings on his processes. there are some 
descriptions in _Silence_ of his compositional processes in writing the 
Music for Piano (a lesser known work), but theyre not very clear. James 
Pritchett's _The Music of John Cage_ might be a better place to turn for the 
info you seek, as it is the first, and probably the only so far, text to 
treat Cage as first and foremost a *composer*. There are some painstaking 
descriptions of process there, though i dont always agree with Pritchett's 
conclusions about Cage as an artist.

indeterminately yours,

phil


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